Mission

The Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale (LIFFY), produced by the Council for Latin American and Iberian Studies at the MacMillan Center at Yale, began as a film series in the late 1990s, then collaborated with the New England Festival of Iberian Cinema (NEFIAC) for five years (2010- 2014), and was established as The Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale (LIFFY) in 2015.

The festival is an inclusive event sponsored by Yale for the whole Greater New Haven community. It is free and open to the general public. We strive to promote cultural awareness and understanding through the screening of films from many different countries where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken, and by inviting filmmakers, actors, and producers to converse with our audience. It is our premise that knowledge promotes respect for diversity, and unity amongst peoples of divergent backgrounds. All films are screened with English subtitles.